Product Manager/Business Analyst - Aladdin Product Group, ETF, Associate

Job Description

Description

About this role

Product Manager / Business Analyst

Job description:

The Aladdin Product Group develops and supports every facet of BlackRock’s information systems needs. Our global teams perform a wide variety of activities from maintaining system stability to growing the features and functionality of our state-of the-art trading and asset management platform, Aladdin. The breath of our responsibilities calls for a diverse range of expertise.

Team Overview:

The Aladdin Product Group, ETF Post-Trade team provides technology solutions to support the end-to-end workflow for ETF Servicing. The team is responsible for a suite of applications for the following functions: Primary Market ETF Order Capture, ETF Trade Processing and Portfolio Composition File (PCF) generation.

Job Purpose:

Build out and develop Commercial Capabilities for ETF Servicing as well as deliver capabilities for internal BlackRock ETF investment teams.

Responsibilities Include:

• Working with project managers, technical leads, business owners, developers and QA testers through the whole SDLC
• Developing a deep understanding of the market, users, business problems, and opportunities
• Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement and developing specifications for both near and longer-term solutions
• Examining client practices and compare them to industry standards
• Attending all key Agile development rituals such as stand-ups, grooming, planning, demos and retrospectives
• Coordinating with users and development teams to perform user acceptance tests
• Conduct product demos, presentations and user training

Producing Key Artifacts Critical to the Delivery of Excellent Software Products:

• Business requirements
• Process definition documents
• Functional specifications
• Data definition documents
• Product release notes
• User journey maps
• Use cases, user stories
• User-acceptance test plans and cases

Successful Candidates will Have:

• Experience as a Product Manager or Business Analyst on software development projects
• Financial domain knowledge/experience preferably in the space of ETFs, mutual funds, portfolio management or trade operations
• Strong interpersonal skills and verbal/written communication skills
• Strong project and time management skills
• Strong ability to build effective working relationships across various levels
• Ability to set and maintain priorities in a multi-task environment
• Ability to handle pressure and changes effectively
• Experience executing test plans and coordinating automated testing
• Experience in product demos, presentations and user training
• Experience working in a globally, distributed team
• Experience working in Agile SDLC
• Excellent business judgment and strong analytical skills, with ability to identify issues and solutions

Required Technical Skills Include:

• Experience facilitating business discovery workshops and interviewing end-users
• Demonstrated ability to write high-level business requirements
• Demonstrated ability to write functional specifications: including use cases, business process diagrams, user interface wireframes and data dictionaries
• Demonstrated ability to write and execute user-acceptance test plans and cases
• Experience with modern application development (e.g. Web applications using Angular/React, Web Services, APIs, JSON/XML, NoSQL Databases, Kubernetes, Cloud Technology)

Experience with UI/UX design/prototyping is a distinct advantage

Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work pilot

BlackRock’s current hybrid work pilot is designed to help you experience the best of both worlds: the opportunity to connect with colleagues in person and the flexibility to work remotely, with greater time to focus on what’s important to you. In line with local health guidance and regulations, employees are generally expected to work 3 days in the office and 2 days from home (on average) each week. For some business groups, more time may be required in the office, while greater flexibility may be in place for others. Our “One BlackRock” culture means you’ll be supported to collaborate with your new colleagues while bringing your full self to work – wherever you are.

The health, safety and well-being of our people will always be our top priorities; we will continue to monitor local conditions and health advisories in making decisions about our work environments.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit careers.blackrock.com | www.blackrock.com/corporate | Instagram: @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

We recruit, hire, train, promote, pay, and administer all personnel actions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), sex stereotyping (including assumptions about a person’s appearance or behavior, gender roles, gender expression, or gender identity), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, ancestry, medical condition, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law. We interpret these protected statuses broadly to include both the actual status and also any perceptions and assumptions made regarding these statuses.BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.